My husband's poetry

Category: driving

  • haiku over Charlotte

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    going or coming? contrails eviscerates sky cat scratched pink sundown 12-14-25

  • I26 near Spartanburg

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    near the border near sunset near home pass through storm’s edge on the other side sun still hangs on horizon multiple rainbows prism the sky semis shed water streams windshield wipers on high tires hydroplane steer back control race on towards home 7-20-22

  • Day old Tang

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    On the western edge of Eastern Time Pink and lavender clouds curtain the horizon You race west into the sunset Before your cell phone clock Back flips into Central Time You haven’t bothered to calculate the spin And tilt of the earth, the angle And slope of the road or the speed of your car,…

  • Dandelions and ragweed

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    On the way to Florence the highway department erects ten foot walls to protect empty fields from highway noise. In a low income neighborhood all night long you hear semi’s roar on the interstate. Rich developers’ fields grow straighter and taller in a quiet environment and dandelions and ragweed votes count. 11-4-22

  • empty highway

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    empty highway low country dark headlights split the night center line reflectors yellow crescent moon set cruise and go 8-23-23